METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS. 197 
GOVERNMENT OBSERVATORY, SYDNEY. 
LaTITUDE, 33° 51’ 41” ; re 40h 4m 50°81; MaGnetic VARIATION, 9° 35’ 37” East. 
ight above Mean Sea- level, 146 feet. 
JULY, 1884.—GENERAL ABSTRACT. 
Barometer Highest Reading... 30-321 inches on the 19th, at 9 a.m. 
At 32° Faht., but ov corrected. to sea-level 
ere ading . 29'783 ,, onthe 9th, at 1am. 
aed 051 
(Being 0°109 inch great ee? hat in tl average of the preceding 25 years.) 
Wind... ... Greatest — ... 140 lbs. on the 4th. 
Mean Pre sce OB: 
Number of ‘Days Calm... 7 
Pre Lew Directio ne 
(Prevailing directio g the sav th for the preceding 25 years, W-) 
“emperature a in the ms ... 74:4 0n the 12th. 
n the Shad ... 40°7 on the 20th. 
Geant 26'1 on the 12th 
Highest in the Sun 1080 on the 22nd 
Lowest on the Grass ee zi 20th. 
Mean Diurnal Range 
ean in the Sh 
‘9 
(Being 0°6 greater than that of the same mci onan average of the preceding 25 years.) 
Humidity ... Greatest Amount . 100-0 on the 8th. 
Least ace Ss ... §1°0 on the 10th. 
Mean aoe sad eg ae 
(Being 6°8 greater than that of the same month on an average of the preceding 25 years.) 
Rain ... ... Number of a _.. 15 rain and 11 
Greatest Fall _.. 1565 inches = ‘the dl 7 
( 4900», above groun 
t 
(Being 2-947 inches greater than that of the same month on an cmnge of the preceding 25 years.) 
Evaporation Total Amou wee: 1°969 inches. 
Electrici Number of Da Tightog 0 
52 
Cloudy S$ ig ate Amoun 
doa ber of Clear Days «. 4 
Ae 
Meteors ae Sa observed 
kes 
— Sydney the barometer has thi month been 0°109 inches above the average, 
and temperature 0°6 higher than ave and the rain 2°95 inches above 
Abundant rains fell along the cavern j 
western flat districts ; in man ger the rel there is | 
over a considerable _ in the §.W. not a dro 
gauge leaked between 12° and 13°, and only ed of rain w 
sation, 2°98 inches fall on the same _ and probably more "e fell t at Yallarci on that 
